Species Simsia minor (Spencer, 1892)

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Species Simsia minor (Spencer, 1892)

Cryptodrilus minor Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary description of Victorian earthworms. Part I. The genera Cryptodrilus and Megascolides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 4: 130-156 [144].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV F4056, Ellinbank, South Warragul, Victoria [38°15'S 145°56'E].
Paralectotype(s) NMV F401435, Ellinbank, South Warragul, Victoria [38°15'S 145°56'E].
Megascolides attenuatus Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary description of Victorian earthworms. Part I. The genera Cryptodrilus and Megascolides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 4: 130-156 [155].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1972. Further species of the Victorian earthworm genus Simsia Jamieson, 1972 (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) with a numerical analysis of intersetal ratios. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 33: 89-108 [100-102] (suggested synonymy of Megascolex attenuatus Spencer, 1892a with Cryptodrilus minor Spencer, 1892a)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Ellinbank, South Warragul.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [491] (as Megascolides attenuatus)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [1109] (as Simsia minor)

Michaelsen, W. 1900. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [169] (as Plutellus attenuatus)

Sweet, G. 1900. On the structure of the spermiducal glands and associated parts in Australian earthworms. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 28: 109-139 [112] (as Megascolides attenuatus)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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